Kusumikila kwa Johani we N'dubiki
(Matewu 3:1-12Luke 3:1-18Johani 1:19-28)1 Oku ndiko kutangisa kwe ndebo mbuya ya Jesu Kirisiti Nkololo we Ndzimu, 2 sekwa kwakakwagwa ndi Isaya nlebesambeli mu lukwalo gugwe eti,
“Ndotuma ntumwa wangu mbeli kuko,
iye unowolulwamisa zila iyo.”
3 “Hwi le unodanilila mu tjilambanyika eti,
‘Lulwamisani zila ya She,
tambunudzani zijana dzidze.’ ”
4 Johani we N'dubiki kaswika mu tjilambanyika, esumikila kuti bathu bashandukile matjinyo abo badubikwe ili tjilakidzo tje kuti bazwiibhatigwa matjinyo abo. 5 Shango yose ye Judiya ne bathu bose be Jerusalema bakabhuda bakayenda kunli. Bakazwileba matjinyo abo, ngono kabadubika mu gwizi gwe Jorodani.
6 Johani wakabe eambala zwiambalo zwakathamiwa nge bukuse gwe kamela, ne mwandabula we ganda mu thunji dzidze. Wakabe eja phashu ne butji gwe nyutji. 7 Kasumikila eti, “Shule kwangu kowozha una masimba kundipinda, iye wandisakalizana kukotama ndisunungula mitjili ye khwebana dzidze. 8 Ndomudubika nge vula, koga iye unowomudubika nge Meya yakayengemala.”
Kudubikiwa ne kulikiwa kwa Jesu
(Matewu 3:13—4:11Luke 3:21-22Luke 4:1-13)
9 Mu mazhuba iyawo Jesu kazha edwa ku nzi we Nazareta mu ntuthu we Galili, ngono kadubikiwa ndi Johani mu gwizi gwe Jorodani. 10 Kwakati Jesu ebhuda mu vula, kabona kudzimu kuzhuka, ngono Meya yakayengemala ikadelukila munli se njiba. 11 Hwi likadwa kudzimu liti, “Iwe u Nkololo wangu, iye wandinoda, unondishathisa kwazo.”
12 Tjinyolotjo Meya ikantakulila ku tjilambanyika. 13 Wakabe mu tjilambanyika mazhuba ali makumi manna, elikiwa ndi Satani. Wakabe ana phuka dze shango, ngono batumwa be kudzimu bakambhatsha.
Jesu edana babhati be hwobe bali banna
(Matewu 4:12-22Luke 4:14-15Luke 5:1-11)14 Kukati Johani alongwa mu ng'umba ye busungwa, Jesu kazha mu Galili esumikila ndebo mbuya ye Ndzimu. 15 Wakabe eti, “Tjibaka tjazha. Bushe gwe Ndzimu gwasedzela. Shandukilani matjinyo enyu, mugalemoyo mu ndebo mbuya.”
16 Jesu wakati eyenda ali mu hwunde ye gungwa gwe Galili, kabona Simoni ne nnung'una uwe Enduru, beposela gwanga mu gungwa, ngobe bakabe bali babhati be hwobe. 17 Jesu kati ku bali, “Izhani munditobele, ndowomuthama babhati be bathu.” 18 Tjinyolotjo bakasiya njanga dzabo, bakantobela.
19 Wakati ayenda thambgwana kabona Jakubo nkololo wa Zebhedi na Johani nnung'una uwe, bali mu n'goro belulwamisa njanga dzabo. 20 Tjinyolotjo kabadana, ndizo bakantobela besiya tate babo Zebhedi mu n'goro bana bashingi.
Nlume una meya mbi
(Luke 4:31-37)21 Bakayenda ku nzi we Kapenaume, ngono kukati nge nsi we Sabata, Jesu kangina mu ng'umba ye Bajuta ye mitembezelo katangisa kudiya. 22 Bathu bakatjenamila kudiya kukwe, ngobe wakabe ediya se nthu una ndaulo, asingange badiyi be nlayo.
23 Imomo mu ng'umba yabo ye mitembezelo kwakabe kuna nlume wakabe ana meya mbi, 24 ngono kamilidza hwi kalebeleka eti, “Unoshakani mutili iwe Jesu we Nazareta? Wazha kuwotilobesa kene? Ndoziba kuti uani, u N'yengemali we Ndzimu!”
25 Koga Jesu kantjemela kati, “Nyalala ubhude munli!”
26 Meya mbi ukazunguza nlume ihwoyo kwazo, ukabhuda munli utjema. 27 Bathu bose bakatjenama kwazo, bakabhuzwana bakati, “Ikoku kunoshingikala ini kene? Hwudiya kutshwa! Unotjemela na iyo meya mibi dumbu nge ndaulo, ngono inonhwa.”
28 Tjinyolotjo tjilumbi tjitje tjikaandama mu ntuthu wose we Galili.
Jesu unopodza bathu banjinji
(Matewu 8:14-17Luke 4:38-41)29 Kati ebhuda mu ng'umba ye mitembezelo bakayenda tjinyolotjo ku nzi wa Simoni na Enduru, bana Jakubo na Johani. 30 Mmezwale ba Simoni bakabe bali lele bana luzhazhamo, ndizo bakabudza Jesu nge kwabo. 31 Kayenda ku bali kababhata nge luboko kabaazha kumilika, ngono luzhazhamo gukabhuda mu bali ndizo bakatangisa kupa bezi zojiwa.
32 Madekwana iyawo, zhuba langina bathu bakazhisa bagwele bose ne bathu bana meya mibi kuna Jesu. 33 Nzi wose ukakubungana pa nkoba we ng'umba. 34 Ngono Jesu kapodza banjinji bakabe bana magwele akasiyana. Kakale kadusa meya mibi minjinji, koga asingaidumile kuti ilebeleke ngobe yakabe inziba.
Jesu ediya mu Galili
(Luke 4:42-44)35 Kukati kutji likundawudze, Jesu kamuka, kabhuda mu ng'umba kayenda ku shango kwaakaswika katembezela. 36 Simoni ne baakabe anabo bakanlonda, 37 bakati ben'wana bakan'dwa bakati, “Mmwe ne mmwe unomushaka.”
38 Koga Jesu kati ku bali, “Ngatiyendeni ku mizi ipejo, kuti ndizo ndinosumikila ikokobo, ngoti nditjo tjandakazhila.”
39 Kayenda mu Galili yose esumikila mu ng'umba dzabo dze mitembezelo, kakale edusa meya mibi mu bathu.
Jesu unopodza mmwe nlume
(Matewu 8:1-4Luke 5:12-16)
40 Nlume wakabe egwala mapele kazha kunli, kankumbila akathigama eti, “Ha muda, mungandipodza.”
41 Jesu kanhwila ngoni, katambunudza luboko gugwe, ngono kambhata kati kunli, “Ndoda kuti upole; pola.” 42 Tjinyolotjo mapele kapola, kasala ali mbuyanana. 43 Jesu kanlaya akasimisa ngono kandwa kati ayende, 44 eti, “Kushaye wawabudza ikoku, koga uyende unozwilakidza ku mpirisiti, uduse tjibhayilo tje kupodziwa kuko sekwakaleba Mushe, kuti tjibe tjilakidzilo mu bathu.”
45 Koga kabhuda, ngono katangisa kuleba akashaladuka eandamisa tjanshingikalila. Ikoku kukatjikonedza Jesu kungina mu nzi akasununguka, kagala mu shango, ngono bathu bakazha kunli bedwa mu magalo mamwe ne mamwe akasiyana.
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